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Use of verapamil for the symptomatic treatment of microscopic colitis
1Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Northwestern University Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
|March 29, 2001
Abstract
Background:
The initial use of verapamil for the symptomatic treatment of microscopic colitis is reported.
Study:
Four patients diagnosed with microscopic colitis who failed to respond to conventional therapy are presented.
Results:
Verapamil was instituted, resulting in prompt and sustained resolution of symptoms.
Conclusions:
This therapy was convenient and well tolerated.